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Finance

Veda Raises $18M to Expand DeFi Vault Infrastructure Powering Over $3.7B in Assets

The funding round was led by CoinFund and comes as the firm aims to simplify DeFi yields for apps and institutions across blockchains

Veda management team with CEO Sunand Raghupathi in the middle. (Veda)

Finance

Unicoin to Buy Majority Stake in Diamond Lake, Will Launch Altcoin Treasury Strategy

The acquisition comes as Unicoin faces SEC charges for allegedly defrauding investors of $100 million.

Unicoin CEO Alex Konanykhin (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Kraken Adds Bitcoin Staking Via Babylon as BTC Driven DeFi Picks Up

Kraken users will now be able to stake their bitcoin directly, locking it in a custodial vault on the native chain.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin DeFi Project Elastos Debuts BTC-Backed Stablecoin BTCD

BTCD developer Elastos' aim is to create a digital version of the Bretton Woods system, with BTC at its core rather than gold.

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Finance

A Startup Is Looking to Pay 30% Yield by Tokenizing AI Infrastructure

Compute Labs’ tokens offer fractionalized ownership of industrial-grade NVIDIA H200 GPUs, which would retail at around $30,000 for a single unit.

computer processors (Shutterstock)

Finance

Latin America Oil, Gas Deal Worth $75M Gets Tokenized as RWA Momentum Builds

Tokenization specialist Global Settlement said the deal marks the first fully tokenized capital stack for an operational energy asset.

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Markets

Financial Advisors Remain Hesitant Towards Bitcoin — But Won’t Be for Long

Questions have evolved from “What is bitcoin?” to “How does it fit in my portfolio?”

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Policy

Meta's Stablecoin Plan Questioned by Democrats Ahead of Key Senate Vote

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to Meta asking whether it's lobbied for the GENIUS Act or has any plans to join an issuer in any way.

Senators Richard Blumenthal (left) and Elizabeth Warren (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Finance

Moody’s Ratings Brings Credit Rating to Solana in Real-World Asset Tokenization Trial

Solana’s growing presence in real-world asset tokenization gets a boost as Moody’s tests on-chain credit ratings for municipal bonds.

Moody's logo in front of a chart. (GettyImages)

Policy

Senate Stablecoin Bill Likely to Win Massive Bipartisan Support, Dem Lawmaker Says

Republicans "adopted a lot of the amendments" Democrats wanted, Sen. Ruben Gallego said.

Ruben Gallego (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)